Sea and Be Seen

Ashe Leandro crafts a worldly Hamptons home for collectors Allison and Larry Berg.

-  Tim McKeough

As a passionate art collector and philanthropist, Allison Berg spends her days searching out and supporting brave new voices. So when it came time to design a getaway in East Hampton, New York, for her and her husband, Larry Berg who works in finance A and their two grown sons, she aimed for something that was far more imaginative than a typical shingled cottage.

"I wanted California case-study house meets Mexico City meets São Paulo," says Berg, who calls Los Angeles home and whose many art-focused activities have included establishing and running the A&L Berg Foundation and a related fellowship; serving as trustee for several museums; writing about the creative world for magazines; and producing the documentary The Art of Making It.